Yeah That's The One!!!!!!

I hope he's modified the steering rack. It would be tricky doing 2.5 turns lock-to-lock with those bars

How about the Mickalak C7

www.thec7.co.uk

or http://www.tornadosportscars.com for the TS40.

:eek:

What do you mean :eek: ? More like :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: x 1,000,000..........

Imagine giving that some.......

Built a Dutton in my teens & worked in the Kit-car industry (Marlin Engineering) for a while but I'm a bit out of touch with current offerings.

My general advice would be:

- Keep it simple. Anything that tries to be too clever will end up either being rubbish or costing way more than a 'real' car. Avoid kits with complex doors, convertible (as opposed to removable) roofs, fancy electrics etc.

- If buying new, ALWAYS visit the factory first. There's some real rubbish out there. A factory visit will let you judge whether the owner is an engineer or a bodger.

- Half-finished kits are half-finished for a reason. Swapping the dirty bits is the easy part; the interior & finishing is far more difficult & frustrating.

- Be aware that replicas can end up costing a lot of money. If they're to look right you have to fit the right wheels/tyres etc or it will spoil the effect.

HTH

My general advice would be:

- Keep it simple.

Exactly what I'd had in mind. From what I've seen' date=' people are often in a rush to get on the road and don't bother finishing the cars off properly.

a Lotus Seven or Morgan 3-Wheeler 'replica' are about as simple as it gets and should be easy to work on.

I expect that there are some half-finished bargains to be had, if you're lucky to find a good one.

Then again, one of these kits might be easy to knock together:

[img']http://images.webkrafters.com/trinity/20900/62ferrari20982-A.JPG[/img]

I just found this: Dax Rush Hyabusa Turbo:eek: :eek: :eek:

Bike-engined is definitely the way forward. I'll start saving now.

I looked at bike engined cars but unless your a trackday nut there hard work to live with on the road and certinally more fragile. On the plus side the bike engined cars are loosing their popularity now and coming down in price.

I decided a car engined car would be more suitable for a road car and brought this

Darren

What is it?

http://www.funbuggies.co.uk/

I drove one of these about 7 years ago. They use a mini subframe bolted to the back of a cage. The one I tried was the demo with an MG metro engine (75hp) and went like stink.

Website seems to have not been updated for a while though, so may not exist any longer!

What is it?

Westfield 7

Darren

LoCost (more "Medium Cost according to a mate of mine [John Snowdon] who built one with his dad), or Lomax 223 or 423 if you're set on a 3-wheeler.

Is 'Locost' a generic term for cars built according to the 'Build a Sportscar' Haynes book? I reckon it might be more difficult these days, there aren't as many small rwd cars littering scrapyards.

Is 'Locost' a generic term for cars built according to the 'Build a Sportscar' Haynes book? I reckon it might be more difficult these days, there aren't as many small rwd cars littering scrapyards.

In a way yes, there are quite a few manufactuers of various parts you will need though, some supply everything and some can supply just the parts you may struggle to make yourself.

A good source of info about locost is here

Darren

Is 'Locost' a generic term for cars built according to the 'Build a Sportscar' Haynes book? I reckon it might be more difficult these days, there aren't as many small rwd cars littering scrapyards.

Sort of. Try a web search for John Snowdon Locost (note no quotes), restricting to UK sites only, and if you get too many hits to deal with, add XBox and repeat.